Computer hard disk drive protection grip pad with active mounting method

ABSTRACT

A hard disk drive protection grip pad which provides a physical and active method of inhibiting portable or desktop disk drive from free falls or dropping the drive. This active method prevents and protects the disk drive from damage of physical impact on free falls or dropping of drive, thus preventing damage to internal components in the disk drive, which in most cases lead to unrecoverable loss of data storage.

REFERENCES CITED U.S. Patent Documents

Application number: Filing Date: Inventor: 7,355,807 April 2006Jeansonne, et al. 6,101,062 August 2000 Jen et al. 5,982,573 November1999 Henze 5,835,298 November 1998 Edgerton et al.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the effectiveness of protectingportable or desktop computer hard disk drives and any other portableelectronic devices from free falls such as dropping hard disk driveswill in most cases cause substantial damage to the disk drive heads andother internal disk drive components. Present methods rely on parkingand locking the disk drive based on sensors.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a physical and active method ofprotection, preventing free falls or dropping of the external portableor desktop hard disk drive, which causes physical impact damages on themechanical disk drive and its component, which then causes loss of diskdrive data.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The components of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, theemphasis is on illustrating the portable hard drive with the flexiblemounting grip pad mounted on the hard drive.

FIG. 1 A perspective underside view of a portable computer hard drive 1,having a flexible mounting grip pad 2, fitted and attached to theunderside portion of the disk drive as in accordance with the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 A perspective view of a portable computer hard drive grip padshown in active method 1, having two flexible mounting grip pads 2,fitted and attached to the hard drive's upper topside portions andextended along the hard disk drive sides and further extended andmounted on back side surface of laptop monitor display screen 3, tosecure object as in accordance with the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Hard drives are known to be sensitive to impact and free falls.Conventional ways to protect drives are to cushion the impact and or bymethods of sensors configured to issue a park command for a hard drivelocking and parking the drive heads. Previous attempts to address theproblem of dropped drives cannot provide the maximum physical ormechanical protection from free falls and drops. The need is for aphysical and active method to prevent free falls and damages of externalcomputer hard disk drive and its data.

What is claimed is:
 1. A portable protection grip pad comprising: a thinflexible adhesive mounting grip pad having a reusable and non-residueadhesive on the bottom underside of the grip pad ready to mount in avariety of locations, such as, but not limited to, the bottom, sides andtopsides or combination providing a variety of grip options, such as,but not limited to an active method for any device, such as, but notlimited to, a portable computer hard disk drive providing aslip-resistant surface preventing it from slipping.
 2. The grip pad ofclaim 1 wherein said an outer rubber gripping surface providingadditional and enhanced hand grip comfort of any portable electronicdevice, particularly a portable hard disk drive.
 3. The grip pad ofclaim 1 wherein said grip pad cuts easily to any size providing a firmand secure fit on any device.
 4. The grip pad of claim 1 wherein saidprevents damage of display glass in portable devices, such as, but notlimited to smartphones, iphones, and any other portable electronicdevice that can free fall or drop causing the display glass to crack orbreak.
 5. The grip pad of claim 1 wherein said flexible mounting pad maybe composed of an outer layer of rubber texture providing superiorgripping for handling and or anti-slip protection of drive on most tabletop surfaces.
 6. The grip pad of claim 1 wherein said flexible mountingpad may be composed of an inner layer of foam providing reduced impactand disk drive vibration.
 7. The grip pad of claim 1 wherein saidflexible mounting pad may be composed of an inner layer of uniquebreathable memory foam providing more air around the disk drive, keepingthe drive cooler and prolonging the life of the drive.
 8. The activemethod of the grip pad comprising: a thin flexible adhesive mountinggrip pad having a reusable and non-residue adhesive on the bottom underside of the grip pad ready to be mounted and attached to one or more ofthe hard drive's upper top side portions and extended along the sides ofthe disk drive and further extended and mounted on any surface or anglesuch as, but not limited to, the backside surface of a computer laptopdisplay screen or any other surface to prevent any movement, free fallor dropping. For traveling or repositioning, the mounting grip pads areremoved from mounted surface and is remounted onto the underside of theportable drive ready to repeat the active method at any location.